Darkness Is Not Dark to You - A Weekend Retreat back
November 4 - November 6, 2016
Theme: DARKNESS IS NOT DARK TO YOU. This line from Psalm 139 invites us to pray with the crucial dimension of hope in the ever-creative Spirit. Faith and science encourage us to trust the darkness which is a mysterious womb of fecundity, shimmering with beginnings of new life. This is a time of planetary turbulence. No matter what struggles of grief or fear are happening in our personal lives, there is the sometimes overwhelming struggle of our cultural and global context. In this season of autumn, of letting go and transformation, let us come together to pray with the darkness and rest in the dynamic radiance of God's love.
Leader: Ann Dean is a spiritual director and Program Director at the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation. A member of the Dayspring Retreat Mission Group, she has been leading retreats for 25 years.
Weekend retreats run Friday dinner through Sunday lunch. The silence begins Friday night after dinner when the leader opens the retreat and introduces the theme. The leader usually offers brief reflections with morning and evening prayers on Saturday. The silence ends after breakfast Sunday morning with a time of sharing and worship, followed by lunch and departure.
You must be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus in order to attend weekend retreats. We are requiring that masks be worn indoors except when dining or in your personal room.
The cost for weekend retreats is $250. A $100 deposit is required to register. (Let us know if you need financial assistance.) To reserve a space email Nat Reid at office@dayspringretreat.org, or send a check with a note indicating which retreat you wish to register for.
Dinner on Friday at 7 pm is the first official gathering. You are welcome to arrive and settle in between 3:30 and 6:30 pm on Friday. The retreat will end by 2 pm on Sunday. Please plan to stay for the entire retreat.